Dirt-remover.



J. P. WORKMAN.

DIRT REMOVER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 23, 1908.

Patented Aug. 24, 1909.

semen.

JGHN F. WGRKEKdN, F EAEEKSB'L'RG, liEIL'iNSYLTVEiNIA.

nrn'ana'reovnn.

Specification oi Letters Patent.

Patented Aug 24, 19%,

Application filed December 23,1908. Serial Nb 168,995.

0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN F. WORKMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Han risburg, in

useful Dirt-Remover, of which the following is specification.

It is the primary object of the present in vcntion to provide a dust and dirt collecting device which will not only serve the purpose of a dust pan but also a dust and dirt receptacle. Such devices as are now on the market, of this class, consist generalh of a box-like receptacle having an open si ,e and a pan hinged to the lower edge of the side and adapted to be swung vertically to deposit the dirt swept into the same, into the receptacle, but the chief disadvantage of such a construction lies in the fact. that the receptacle is open at its side and can only be partly filled with dirt. In employing such a device, it is therefore necessary to quite a few trips in removing the dirt from the floor of a long corridor or the like, and it" is the object of the present invention to provide a device of this class so constructed that the dirt receiving member thereof may be completely filled.

Another feature of the invention lies in the fact that the member into which the dirt to be collected is swept is o erated by swingin down the carrying hand e of the device and that this handle is provided with a projecting piece whichrnay be engagedby the brush being used whereby it may be swung without necessity of grasping the handle which is employed in carrying the device from one lace to another, so that the hands of the user will not be unnecessarily soiled.

Still another feature of the invention lies in so mounting the member into which the dirt is to be swept, upon the receptacle, that it may be swung to position substantially directly above the receptacle and will automatically operate to discharge all of the dirt deposited therein.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device embodied in the invention. Fig. 2 is an end view thereof showing in full lines the position of the several elements when the device is in condition for use, and in dotted lines the position assumed thereby when the dirt collecting member of the device is swung to position to discharge the dirt into the receptacle.

the county of Dauphin and State. or Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Fig 3 is a detail view showing a slightly modified form of dust collector.

, The receptacle of the device is preferably of rectangular box-like construction having end walls 5, a rear wall 6, a front wall 7, and a bottom 8, and the dust collecting member of the device is comprised of a pair of sectionsv one of }Kl1l 3ll is indicated by the numeral 9 and the other by the numeral 10, the section 9 including a flat body portion provided at its upper end with a flange 11 which is hinged to the upper edge of the front? of the receptacle, the said section of the dust collector being in this manner so connected with the receptacle that it may be swung vertically to extend thereabove. At each vertical edge, the body 9 of the said section of the dust collector is formed with a right angularly and forwardly extending-flange 12 and a similar flange 13 is formed at the loweiedge thereof, the flanges 12 and the flange" 13 being con. nec'ted at their meeting ends so that practically a continuous flange is formed around the two ds and the bottom of the said section 9. The other section of the dust collector is com prised of a fiat body which is formed at each end edge with a right angularly extending flange 14: and these flanges arelso spaced as to be received between the flanges 12 at the ends of the section 9 pivot pins 15 being passed through the said flanges 12 and 14 so as to hingedly connect the section 10 and the section 9 whereby it may be swung to lie either within the said section 9, between the flanges 12lthereof, or to extend at an angle therefrom as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings in which latter position dirt may be swept into the section 10 to be afterward deposited in the receptacle previously described.

It will be, observed from an inspection of Fig. f the drawings that the pivot pins 15 so located that when the section 10 is v swung to position to lie within the section 9, it will remain in this position and will not have a tendency to drop to the full line position shown in the-said Fig. 2, so that when itis desired to move the device from place to place without lifting it from the floor, the section 1'0 may be swung to position within thesection 9.

lhe handle for the device is of the bail type and has its connecting portion indicated by the numeral 16 and its arms by the nu mcral 17, the said handle straddling the re-, ceptacle endwise with the arms 17 projectsrdly beyond each end Wall 5 or receptacle, the f rms being pivoted to e 19 iornied at the upper -.c said end walls To the lower end of each error 17, there is pivotslly connected as Z?) the rear end of s, 21 which has its forward end turned laterally inwardly as at to extend in. advance of the front wall 7 of the receptacle and thence sit right angles lorii 7 l o iiioycmcnt to the dust sivl d l )1: one in on upward iorword d: e swir ng movement bed with 301. 9; through so. are of so that when so swung, 2 l extend nearly in s vertical ll 7 ol the rcccptscle. cion Q to the posiciiori ill dropi 3gp 2. W in. to u'orig'ot position will of course be outciz tic inas such as it is OVElFbalfi-llfifid by the dust collector sections and when these sections retorced to normal position, the sec 11 will remain in position Within the section 3 sit- :cgh it may readily swung doxmwsrdl g to position to p *rmit of dust and dirt being swept into it, by being given e slight posh 'c itli the broom or brosl1 em ployed in. the sweeping operation. nee-ting portion 16 of the lliflldlG is provided at its middle slid upon its under. side with a hand which be of wood, cork, or an other suitable comparatively soft mate- I" 1 end secured et oils of its ends to the said intermediate portion of the comu-icting portion 16' of the candle and proje ting latera ly beyond one end well of the receptacle is o bar 26, which beyond the plane of the said Well 5, is bent back upon itself as at 27 and loss its other end scoured as at 28 to the upper portion the corresponding arm 17 of tlie'lisndle, the back bent portion 27 affording s projection "which moy be engaged, by the brush being used, for the purpose of swinging the handle downwardly to dump the dust collector, it being understood that by provii l tliis extension, undue soiling of the users bands will be prevented.

As clearly shows in Fig. oi the drawings, the receptacle supported upon four or the rec ptscle, but

The conmore rollers one sdjoceot piles of dust or which are to be removed, the device may be propelled by foot along the floor from one pile to another untilcll have been collected and discharged into the receptacle.

In the modified form of the invention illusorsted in. 3 of the drawings, the pivots are so 5 b ocsted to render the secwhen the sec ion 9 thereof is swung to Verticel posit, n as shown in full lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings so that after the sections have been dumped, or returned to normalpo cities, the sectio 10 will automatically drop into "position. to permitci dirt being s vept tliereinto.

'weiving member b 1 and. s can hinged to the M d *eirooi or lie tlicrcwitliin.

' ln a device of the class described, a recc tscle, and o dirt collector connected to the receptacle to lie beside one vertical wall "hereof or to extend at an angle therefrom or to be nio edto position above tbcoeixcpto dis tliereinto.

- 3. In e de ice the class described, i), rccepts,cle,- .1d dirt collector comprised of a oi hissed foldoble sections one ofWhicli is singed to t eptscle and adopted to so i swung to position. above the some.

i in o deyice of the class described, a receptacle, and ioldoble dirt collector lunged to the upper edge or one Well of the rcceptliereinto, the sections of the collector whorl vertical wall of tliereceptacle, tie collector line of connection with the receptacle.

5. a device of the class described, a receptoclc, and a dirt collector comprising a, portion adapted normally to lie beside one vertical "wall of the receptacle and hinged thereto, and s portion hinged to the first mentioned" portion along a, line parallel to i portion with the recc tsclc and normally extending at right angles from the first mentioned portion,

6. In a device of the class described, a, reccptocle, dirt collector comprising :1, oortion to the receptacle end lying thereof and o portion l doggedly been ewe it, lies upon its floor a miniberof Lion 10 f the dust collector over-bolanced ited to extend at on tecle'snd movable to position to discharge folded being adopted to lie" beside the said being ioldsbl'e along" at line parallel to the l the line of connection of the first mentioned connected with the first mentioned portion and adapted to lie thereagainst or to extend at an angle therefrom, the second mentioned portion being hinged to the first mentioned portion along a line parallel to the line of con nection of the first mentioned portion with the receptacle.

'7. In a device of the class described, a re- ,ceptacle, and a dirt collector comprising 2* )ortion hinged to the receptacle and normally lying beside one vertical wall thereof, and a portion hinged to the lower edge of the 'lirst mentioned member and ada )ted to extend at an angle therefrom or to )e folded to lie thereagainst.

5. in a device of the class described, a receptacle, and a dirt collector comprising a member hinged to one wall of the receptacle and arranged to normally lie therebeside, and a member hinged to the first mentioned member and adapted to extend at an angle therefrom orto be folded to lie therewithin, the secomt'mentioned member being' connectcd to the first mentioned member along a line parallel to the line along which the first mentioned member is connected to the receptacle.

l). in a device of the class described, a receptacle, a dirt collector connected therewith for swinging movement with respect thereto, and a carrying handle for the recep- Lacie connected with the said collector and operable to swing the same to position above the receptacle, the connection between the collector and the handle being such that the to fold automatically by collector will be in position 'to receive dirt when the her dle is in the carrying position, and will be in dum ing ceptacle when the 1am leis swung down.

10. In a device of the class described, a receptacle open solely at its top, and a two.- part dust collector hinged to the receptacle and movable to position to extend thereabove, one art of the ioldable to lie within the other. 11. In a device of theclass described, a receptacle, a dirt collector comprised of a pair of loldable sections one of which is connected to the receptacle for swinging movement with respect thereto and is provided with side portions, the other section being adapted gravity against the first mentioned section and between the side portions thereof, when the first mentioned section is swung to position above the receptacle, a carrying handle pivoted to the receptacle with its grip portion above the receptacle and having portions extending below its point of pivotal connection with the receptacle, and means connecting the first mentioned sectionof the collector and the lower end of the said portions of the handle.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN F. WORKMAN.

Witnesses:

FRANK P. Snononass, W. P. CLARK.

said collector being osition above the re- 

